The Special Investigation Team of the Uttarakhand Police filed second charge sheet, containing six names linked with the Rs 300 Crore National Highway-74 scam, at a district court in Nainital on Thursday. The scam was executed jointly by state government staff, NH staff and farmers by showing agriculture land as commercial- to obtain high compensation. …

A scam worth over Rs 600 crore has been detected in the public distribution system of Uttarakhand leading to the dismissal of the regional food controller in Kumaon division of the state. “Vishnu Singh Dhanik’s dismissal was ordered late on Monday night after preliminary investigations by an SIT headed by Udhamsingh Nagar District Magistrate Niraj …